3 visuals for webpage
This code will help produce the three visuals that are going to be a
part of each equity tracker indicator webpage: regional map (tract
level) of most recent data, chart of the most recent data, chart of
trends over time.
If the indicator is a PUMS/OPSI indicator that can be accessed
through Elmer. Getting the data to a workable version may
require some data transformation. To explore, clean, transform, and
generate a final data set, please use the
data-gen-pums-template. This script will generate an .rda for
the map and an .rda for the charts. These data sets will be loaded in
before the data visualization code.
Indicator Explanation
Homeownership rates are directly related to income, but can also be
related to indicators regardless of income. Discrimination and
discriminatory policies of the past have created generational wealth
gaps and disparities amongst communities, leading to a need for
intentional and active systemic changes.
1. Map of most recent data
To map data in this form, it requires accessing data at the
regional/tract level from ACS since the Elmer data set is already
aggregated to equity group/quintile.
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Source(s): U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey
5-Year Estimates, Table S2502; U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division
2020 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
Data call outs
- 61%: The region’s average rate of homeownership
- 69%: Kitsap County has the highest homeownership rates
- 57%: King County has the lowest percentage of homeowners
Insights & Analysis
- Kitsap County has the highest homeownership rates (69%), followed by
Snohomish (68%), Pierce (64%), and King (57%)
- The five census tracts tied with the highest rates of homeownership
(99-97%) are in Snohomish (Woodway and Edmonds Waterfront, Mukilteo, and
south of Lake Roesiger) and King County (Sammamish and west of
Covington)
- Five census tracts with the lowest homeownership rates are in King
County; four in Seattle’s University District and one in the South Lake
Union neighborhood.
- Snohomish County is the only county without 0% homeowmership rates,
while there are 5 tracts in King, 2 in Kitsap, and 3 in Pierce. The
census tract with the lowest homeownership rate in Snohomish (16%) is in
the Westwood neighborhood.
2. Facet of most recent data
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Homeownership by Community
Percent of households living in owner-occupied housing units
U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Public
Use Microdata Sample
Data call outs
- 34%: Difference between regional homeownership rates for households
living above or below 200% of federal poverty level
- 66%: Homeownership rates of households living with children (below
18 years old) is 66%, only 7 percentage points higher than households
without children
- 21%: Limited English proficient households have homeownership rates
21 percentage points lower than English proficient households
Insights & Analysis
- For households living below 200% federal poverty level,
homeownership rates were highest in Kitsap County (42%) followed by
Pierce (38%), Snohomish (37%), and King (29%)
- The largest difference in homeownership rates between people of
color and white non-Hispanic is in Kitsap and Pierce County (19
percentage points), while the smallest difference is in Snohomish County
(10 percentage points)
- King County is the only county where limited English proficient
households have lower homeownership rates (39%) than the region’s
limited English proficient households (41%)
3. Facet of trend data
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Homeownership Trend by Community
Percent of households living in owner-occupied housing units, in 5-year
spans between 2011 and 2021
U.S. Census Bureau, 2007-2011, 2012-2016, 2017-2021 American Community
Survey 5-Year Public Use Microdata Sample
Data call outs
- 13%: The homeownership rate gap between households in the region who
were living below 200% federal poverty level and those above decreased
13% between 2011 and 2021
- 41%: The 2021 homeownership rate for households with limited English
proficiency, a 11% increase from 2016
- 43%: The difference in homeownership rates between households with
older adults and those wiwihtout in the region has increased 43% between
2011 and 2021
Insights & Analysis
- The difference in homeownership rates for people of color and white
non-Hispanic over time has shifted the greatest in Snohomish County (-10
percentage points), Pierce County (+5 percentage points), and King
County (-4 percentage points), while remaining unchanged in Kitsap
County
- People of color have consistently had the lowest homeownership rates
in King County, and the highest rates of homeownership in Snohomish
County between 2011 and 2021
- The difference in homeownership rates of people with a disability
compared to those living without has stayed relatively consistent
between 2016 and 2021 in all counties, except in Snohomish County, where
there was a 5 percentage point increase in homeownership rates for
people living with a disability